Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

209: Section 209Yun Ziyi was dressed in a hazy, pale purple gauze dress, leaning lazily to the side, taking small bites of a sizzling, roasted hind leg of a Third-tier Magical Beast. This peerless Beauty, who had transformed from a Sixth-tier Magical Beast, had never been schooled in the complex etiquette of humans.

Yet, even in such a simple act of eating, every gesture and movement still exuded a natural elegance and nobility, as if it were an instinct carved deep into her bloodline.

”Yaner, one must be graceful when eating.”

Her gaze shifted to Yun Yan, who was sitting beside her, grabbing a large piece of roasted meat with both hands, burying her face and biting into it heartily. The little one was eating with grease all over her mouth, her posture quite wild, and Yun Ziyi’s tone carried a hint of helpless doting.

Of course, Xiao Yan, who was sitting nearby, stiffened subconsciously upon hearing the name ’Yaner’. After all, a Dou Huang expert was still someone she needed to face with nervousness for now. Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian could not help but cover her mouth and chuckle; this was not the first time Xiao Yan had reacted this way.

”Mmm, Mother.” Hearing her mother’s reminder, Yun Yan finally realized her lack of decorum. Her little face flushed red, and she hurriedly put down the meat, imitating her mother’s manner to start chewing and swallowing in small, delicate bites.

However, whether it was the wild eating or the current pretense of refinement, it all looked exceptionally endearing on this purple-haired, beast-eared, cute and naive loli.

”Are you accustomed to living here?” Yun Ziyi turned her gaze toward Yun Xiancheng, who was sitting calmly on the other side, and asked softly. Her voice carried a trace of the hoarseness typical of one who had just assumed human form, yet it added a lazy, magnetic quality.

”Yes, thank you for your trouble, Ziyi. Seeing that you have been meticulously arranging the cave dwelling all these days, it must have been tiring, so I thought of preparing a simple feast to express my gratitude.” Yun Xiancheng nodded gently and said.

”You are thoughtful.” Yun Ziyi nodded slightly, accepting his kindness, then changed the subject: ”The technique scroll you gifted me—I have been practicing it with exceptional smoothness... Moreover, vaguely, I can feel a peculiar connection.”

Her beautiful purple eyes gazed at Yun Xiancheng with a hint of inquiry: ”The connection with you is the clearest... as if I can perceive your existence in the netherworld. Next is the mother-daughter bond with Yaner.”

”Furthermore, I can also feel that this technique is by no means an ordinary item; it is profound and mysterious, and it seems... there is still great room for improvement. You...” She curled her red lips, revealing a smile full of interest, ”I am truly becoming more and more interested in you.”

The dinner with its subtle atmosphere ended, and it was time for the usual cultivation.

Yun Ziyi’s nature was not cold or hard; seeing that Xiao Yi Xian had been accompanying her daughter for days and was quite well-behaved, she felt she shouldn’t favor one over the other, so she generously gifted her a purple spirit crystal to assist in her cultivation.

”Then... Senior Ziyi, we shall take our leave.” Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian stood up and bowed respectfully to Yun Ziyi.

”Go. Cultivate well and do not slack off.” Yun Ziyi nodded slightly, watching them leave the main hall of the cave. Once the outsiders had left, only Yun Xiancheng and the mother-daughter pair of the Amethyst Winged Lion, who had just transformed into human form, remained in the cave.

”Be good, Yaner, sit down first.” Yun Xiancheng rubbed her furry ears; the touch was excellent. ”Today I will teach you how to guide Dou Qi to circulate through the meridians of your entire body.”

He had Yun Yan sit cross-legged, then extended his warm palm, gently placing it against her petite, jade-like back.

The touch was warm, soft, and smooth. Yun Xiancheng could clearly feel the little one tremble slightly from his touch, and her little face instantly turned rosy.

”Focus your mind and feel the aura I am transmitting into your body... That’s right, follow the direction it guides you...” Yun Xiancheng’s voice was very soft and gentle, carrying a power that soothed the heart.

Although little Yun Yan was naive, her trust in Yun Xiancheng was absolute. Combined with the innate intuition of a Magical Beast, she actually entered the state very quickly.

It was just that her little body would always unconsciously lean toward Yun Xiancheng’s warm palm, her nose sniffing the scent on him that made her feel at ease and infatuated, a satisfied arc curling up at the corner of her mouth.

After guiding Yun Yan through one cycle of circulation, Yun Xiancheng came to Yun Ziyi.

Facing this peerless Dou Huang expert Beauty, even knowing it was for teaching, Yun Xiancheng could not help but be a bit more solemn.

”Ziyi, your foundation is solid, but having just transformed into human form, your meridians are vastly different from when you were in your Magical Beast state, so they need to be combed through carefully.” He said in a deep voice, ”I need to place my hand near your... dantian, to help you perceive the center of the qi cyclone and guide the energy circulation. You...”

Before he could finish, Yun Ziyi had already turned to the side, presenting her stunningly curved back to him. Her voice remained lazy, yet carried trust: ”It is fine. You may begin.”

Yun Xiancheng took a deep breath, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, and gently placed his palm an inch above her lower abdomen, near the dantian. The scorching heat of his palm and the pure fluctuations of Dou Qi were transmitted through the thin gauze dress.

One could clearly see a faint blush appearing on the back of Yun Ziyi’s smooth, jade-like neck, and her breathing seemed to stall for a moment.

However, the aura around her did not show the slightest resistance; instead, like a cat warmed by the sun, she revealed a relaxed posture.

Yun Xiancheng’s Dou Qi cautiously probed in, guiding that vast energy belonging to a Dou Huang expert to circulate slowly along the path of the technique. This process required an extremely high level of focus and control.

During this time, there were inevitably further physical adjustments, such as lightly supporting her wrist, adjusting the posture of her hand seals, or occasionally having his fingertips brush across the meridian points on her arm.

With every contact, Yun Ziyi’s body would tremble slightly, and a strange light would flash in her beautiful purple eyes, but she never dodged or showed displeasure.

Instead, under Yun Xiancheng’s focused and gentle guidance, the newly born Dou Qi within her, belonging to her human form, became docile and smooth at an unprecedented speed.

Meanwhile, Yun Yan, who was meditating nearby, had long since secretly opened one eye. Watching the ”intimate” teaching interaction between her mother and Brother Xiancheng, a look of envy and slight grievance appeared on her little face, and her little mouth pouted slightly, wishing that she were the one being guided at this moment.

She hugged the outer garment that Yun Xiancheng had placed beside her even tighter; his scent still lingered on it. The night deepened, and the air was filled with faint energy fluctuations, and... a trace of ambiguous atmosphere that seemed to exist yet not.

116 Little Lion has broken through

The speed at which Yun Xiancheng integrated into the daily life of this mother-daughter pair of the Amethyst Winged Lion was something even he had not anticipated.

It was thanks to the ”close-contact” technique guidance that was almost hand-in-hand every night, as well as the patient instruction on common knowledge and etiquette of human society during the day.

In just a short time, both the Big Lion and the Little Lion had come to regard him as an indispensable part of their lives.

”This girl Xiao Yan has quite good luck.” Yun Ziyi leaned lazily against the smooth amethyst stone wall, her gaze falling on Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on the other side of the cave, surrounded by faint purple light, and spoke lazily.

”When absorbing that purple spirit crystal, she was lucky enough to trigger a trace of my clan’s source Beast Fire power.”

At this moment, she had changed into a well-fitted purple long dress, with dark patterns embroidered on the hem. Compared to the hazy gauze dress she wore when she first transformed, it looked much more exquisite and luxurious—this was also a reflection of her increasingly refined control over her own Dou Qi.

She elegantly extended a slender, jade-like finger, and a wisp of condensed, scorching purple flame leaped and circled at her fingertip like an elf.

”Since she is your junior sister... I suppose she will be considered one of our own in the future.”

Yun Ziyi pondered for a moment, then flicked her fingertip lightly, and that wisp of purple flame containing her source power turned into a streak of light, silently entering Xiao Yan’s body.

”This wisp of my source purple fire, while not enough to completely transform her, is sufficient for her to nourish her meridians and enhance her affinity for the fire element; it will be useful for a while.”

”Ziyi is so generous; I shall thank you on behalf of Yaner here.” Seeing this, Yun Xiancheng hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully to Yun Ziyi to express his gratitude.

Yun Ziyi shook her head gently, her beautiful purple eyes carrying a hint of playfulness as she looked at him and explained: ”This is what you taught me—to treat friends like a gentle spring breeze, warm and kind.”

Before the words faded, her figure flickered, and with a wave of fragrant wind, she instantly approached Yun Xiancheng, extending her jade arm to gently press him against the cold stone wall.

In her purple pupils, the laziness had faded, replaced instead by a hint of wild, irresistible, and aggressive intent. Yun Xiancheng had not expected this Dou Huang expert Beauty to suddenly make such a bold move.

For a moment, he was caught off guard by the mature and charming aura on her and the sense of oppression from being so close, and his heart skipped a beat involuntarily.

Yun Ziyi parted her red lips slightly, breathing like an orchid, her warm breath almost brushing against Yun Xiancheng’s earlobe, ”Since you sincerely want to thank me, then, as a senior brother, why not...”

Her slender, fair hand, which contained terrifying power, rested gently on Yun Xiancheng’s solid chest.

Her fingertips, with a slightly cool touch, began to slide slowly downward, with a certain suggestive intent, aiming straight for his lower abdomen...

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, leaving only the sound of each other’s increasingly rapid heartbeats, and a trace of ambiguous atmosphere that was quietly spreading, dizzying and intoxicating.

Looking at the breathtakingly beautiful face so close before him, and those purple eyes that seemed capable of stealing one’s soul, he was momentarily dazed.

Just as Yun Ziyi’s fingertips were about to touch deeper, the atmosphere between them reached a point of intense, ambiguous tension, to the extent that even the air seemed to become thick and scorching—!

A burst of energy, not exceptionally powerful but extraordinarily pure and lively, suddenly erupted from the other corner of the cave!

That fluctuation carried the meaning of a new life breaking out of a cocoon, and purple halos spread out like ripples; it was precisely the direction where Little Yaner was!

”It is Yaner!”

Yun Ziyi’s expression changed; the previous languor and allure vanished, replaced by a mother’s instinctive concern and nervousness.

She withdrew her hand almost instantly, took Yun Xiancheng’s hand, and with a flash of her purple figure, appeared beside Little Yaner.

Little Yaner was currently sitting cross-legged, her small body wrapped in a layer of dense purple light. Her Dou Qi surged around her, sometimes stable, sometimes violent; she was clearly at a critical moment of breakthrough!

Judging by this aura, she was charging from the peak of the Great Dou Master Realm toward the Dou Ling Realm!

”Not good. Although Yaner’s foundation is solid, she has not been in human form for long and her mind is still young. Forcing a breakthrough may lead to the danger of failure and backlash!” Yun Ziyi’s delicate brows furrowed, her tone anxious.

”I will stabilize her mind; you protect her meridians!”

Yun Xiancheng made a prompt decision, quickly forming seals with his hands. A gentle and pure spiritual force, like a trickling stream, probed into Little Yaner’s Sea of Consciousness, soothing her restless mind caused by the energy impact.

Yun Ziyi also did not hesitate any longer. Her jade hands flew, and majestic Dou Huang expert-level Dou Qi surged out. However, the moment it made contact with Little Yaner, it transformed into the gentlest stream of water, precisely wrapping around Little Yaner’s important meridians to prevent them from being damaged by the impact of the violent energy.

With the two of them acting as guardians, under the soothing of Yun Xiancheng’s spiritual force and the powerful protection of Yun Ziyi’s Dou Qi, it was ultimately safe despite the danger.

”Boom!” Following a muffled sound from within Little Yaner’s body, the purple light wrapping her suddenly intensified, then quickly retracted. Her aura also shot up significantly, stabilizing at the Dou Ling Realm!

”Success!” Yun Xiancheng breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew his spiritual force.

Little Yaner slowly opened her eyes; her purple pupils were brighter and more spirited than before. Feeling the surging power within her, far exceeding what she had before, she excitedly threw herself at Yun Xiancheng: ”Brother! I’ve become stronger!”

Yun Ziyi looked at her daughter, safe and sound, her eyes full of gratification, but she did not stop there.

With a wave of her jade hand, the giant purple crystal deep in the cave that had been emitting a soft glow—the accompanying purple crystal source—slowly flew before her.

”Yaner, it is not enough.” Yun Ziyi’s eyes narrowed, and she said in a deep voice, ”With this opportunity, Mother will help you completely refine this accompanying purple crystal source!”

Having said that, she pressed her jade palm onto the accompanying purple crystal source, and the extremely pure origin energy was guided out by her.

This type of energy was the symbol of their mother-daughter connection; even if Little Yaner refined it directly, she would not exhibit any signs of a shaky foundation.

Yun Ziyi lightly tapped Little Lion’s forehead with her delicate hand, and at the same time, took Yun Xiancheng’s hand.

”Hm?” Yun Xiancheng did not understand what Yun Ziyi meant by holding his hand at this moment.

”You are our family, let’s do it together,” she said softly.

Immediately after, Yun Ziyi refined this majestic energy for them, transforming it into streams of gentle yet incomparably vast energy floods, which poured continuously into the bodies of Little Yaner and Yun Xiancheng.

Yun Xiancheng only felt a warm current surging through his entire body; his limbs and bones felt as if they were soaking in a hot spring, incomparably comfortable.

His Great Dou Master Realm soared, crossing three stars to reach the level of a four-star Great Dou Master. This was mainly because Yun Xiancheng was not of the Amethyst Winged Lion clan and could not absorb it 100%. On the other side, Little Lion’s cultivation rose with the tide.

Two-star Dou Ling, three-star... Dou Wang!

With the help of the accompanying purple crystal source and a Dou Huang expert sparing no cost, Little Yaner, who had just broken through to Dou Ling, had, in a short time, advanced like a bamboo being split, directly crossing the entire Dou Ling Realm and steadily stepping into the Dou Wang level!

Although she had only just entered the Dou Wang Realm and her aura was still a bit unstable, the energy contained within her body had already undergone an earth-shaking change!

Feeling the surging power within her daughter, Yun Ziyi finally revealed a satisfied smile, though the fatigue on her face was very obvious.

Yun Xiancheng reached out to support her body at this moment, letting her lean on him for a while.

”You are still the most considerate.” Big Lion leaned on Yun Xiancheng’s shoulder and smiled.

Little Lion was the most excited; she hugged both Yun Xiancheng and her mother, making their physical contact even more intimate.

117 Heavenly Lion could not hold back anymore.

”Yaner has now truly stepped into the threshold of adulthood for our clan. With the help of your Earth-Rank Technique, in the future, the Dou Zong Realm should be within reach.”

Yun Ziyi reclined on the magnificent chair carved from a single piece of purple crystal, her jade hand lazily supporting her delicate cheek, her gaze falling on Yun Xiancheng who was sitting quietly to the side as she spoke slowly.

The aura around her was more restrained and profound than when she first took human form; in her every gesture, there was already a hint of the demeanor of a human expert.

”However,” she changed the subject, a trace of lingering surprise flashing in her beautiful purple eyes, ”I originally thought that since you had previously shared the energy of that accompanying purple crystal source, the remaining essence would not be enough to support Yaner in breaking through the Dou Wang barrier in one go.”

The look she directed at Yun Xiancheng carried a trace of indescribable inquiry and confusion.

Hearing this, Yun Xiancheng’s heart jolted, and a trace of astonishment flashed across his brow.

So... when she was drawing energy to share with him to ensure her daughter’s breakthrough, had she actually paid the price of potentially affecting her daughter’s final achievement?

If not for his system destiny being able to give back, he would have cut off Little Lion’s opportunity.

”Purple Wing?” Yun Xiancheng stood up abruptly, his brows furrowed, his tone carrying unprecedented seriousness.

”In this world, only the matter of cultivation foundation cannot be neglected or delayed! If it were truly because of me that Little Yaner failed to break through to Dou Wang in one go...”

His voice softened involuntarily, carrying genuine guilt and unease!

”...I feel that this is an irreparable harm to you, to me, and to Little Yaner.”

Watching Yun Xiancheng’s display of true emotion, even carrying a bit of panic and self-reproach, Yun Ziyi was also slightly stunned, and then a corner of her heart seemed to be gently touched.

She was silent for a moment, then finally nodded heavily, her tone softening slightly: ”Hmm... this matter was indeed my lack of careful thought; I was a bit arbitrary.”

She then stood up, her tall and graceful figure almost the same height as Yun Xiancheng, and those deep purple eyes gazed earnestly into Yun Xiancheng’s eyes.

”It’s just... that child, Little Yaner, truly likes you. Even if there really were an impact, she would certainly not care.”

Yun Xiancheng, however, reached out and gently grabbed her wrist as she was about to withdraw it, shaking his head firmly: ”She may not care, but I will.”

Yun Ziyi looked at the unquestionable seriousness in his clear eyes and sighed slightly in her heart. Her other jade hand subconsciously pressed lightly on her flat lower abdomen, her fingertips trembling slightly, as if she were enduring something. She said in a complex, low voice: ”You... your heart is too kind.”

”I am only this gentle to friends,” Yun Xiancheng said frankly, ”Facing enemies, I should be as cruel and ruthless as the cold winter.”

”I am not just talking about that.” Yun Ziyi shook her head gently, light flowing in her purple eyes.

”You gifted us an Earth-Rank Technique. This kindness is heavy, and I have been considering how to repay it...”

She said slowly, her voice carrying a hint of lazy magnetism: ”Perhaps... we have truly been influenced by your temperament; we always feel that if we receive kindness, we must find a way to repay it.”

Her slender fingers, carrying a hint of subtle provocation, lightly traced across Yun Xiancheng’s solid chest. With a deft hook of her fingertips, she unfastened the collar of his shirt, revealing his honey-colored skin.

”You like this...” She leaned one step closer, her warm breath almost spraying onto Yun Xiancheng’s neck, ”...it really does make one feel a bit... troubled.”

Before she finished speaking, her figure moved slightly, and she once again suddenly tackled Yun Xiancheng to the ground.

This time, she directly pinned him onto the soft carpet paved with animal skins, and she straddled his waist and abdomen, looking down at him from above.

”I think I understand now why Yaner would be so... clingy to you.”

She leaned down, her long purple hair falling like a waterfall, a few strands playfully brushing against Yun Xiancheng’s cheeks.

With an impulse born from instinct and the curiosity of being a human for the first time, she, slightly clumsily and tentatively, pressed her warm and soft red lips onto Yun Xiancheng’s lips.

This kiss had no technique to speak of, carrying a wild, slightly raw force; it was more like an instinctive behavior of confirming a scent and marking ownership.

Yun Xiancheng was stunned by this sudden kiss, which carried an exotic flair, feeling the softness and rawness of her lips, as well as that unmistakable tentativeness and curiosity.